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PREMIERE: Biscotti releases her debut album with an art exhibition

3 February 2017 | 8:29 am | Lauren Payne

Biscotti has just released her debut album and is celebrating it with a fantastically intriguing art exhibition!

So we have some good news and then some really good news. Let's start with the good news, shall we?

The good news is that experimental electronic goddess BISCOTTI has just released her debut album!

Carla Ori began creating music under the moniker Biscotti after, as she puts it, "the death of her more electro-pop arrangements". For quite a long time she has been "hanging out in heaven playing chess with Frank Zappa and drinking Campari with Lucio Battisti" whilst also working on new music. Now, the music has come together to create Like Heaven In The Movies.

The entire album takes you through a variety of different cinematic scenes that all evoke different emotions within you and help you vividly visualise some of the most outrageous and intriguing worlds. There are pieces of synth-pop and disco sprinkled within each track and a healthy dose hip-hop and funk to finalise the amazing avant-garde recipe. You can listen to it first right here, right now.

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Now we can tell you the really good news.

Biscotti is set on presenting the listeners of Like Heaven In The Movies with an experience unlike any other. So as well as releasing the album, the musician has also partnered with Alice Hutchinson to bring you a full art exhibition featuring still life images that complement each song on the album.

[caption id="attachment_70977" align="alignnone" width="780"]biscotti One of the images from the exhibition (Credit: Alice Hutchison & Carla Ori)[/caption]

Carla, the great mind behind Biscotti, and Alice have decided to give us a bit more info on the exhibition and the main inspirations behind it all.

Suspiria: directed by Dario Argento, soundtrack by Goblin

"This film represents the genre of Italian horror films called 'Giallo' which we have been visually and sonically influenced by. The film is heavily stylised and uses a pallet of bold colours in combination with minimal sets. Well known Italian composer Ennio Morricone arranged for many of the 'Giallo' films and set the style for the genre along with director Dario Argento. Pulsating synthesisers, jazz pop elements and haunting operatic vocals wail over the top."

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Guy Bourdin: Photographer

"Guy Bourdin is an inspiration through his use of colour and his ability to create scenes which incorporate the human body as a prop in a surreal and often playful manner. His images have a bold and daring aesthetic with provocative subject matter and use of the female form. Bourdin worked as a fashion photographer mostly with Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar paving the way for many of his contemporaries."

Juicy Fruit: Commercial

"On the album, the pop songs conjure up imagery and themes present in commercials from the 80s - an era that fetishized a kind of synthetic paradise that revolved around water sports and holidays. This juicy fruit advertisement embodies the romanticised world of our youth."

Franco Cozzo: Furniture retailer and local B grade celebrity

"This commercial was a fixture of my youth. The family drive down Sydney Road, Brunswick, was a continual source of entertainment where we would take turns to try and impersonate Franco's 'Grand Sale' main slogan. Known for his local charm, Franko stated in a public fall out with his son “I’m a glorious man, everyone loves me.

"As an artist who attempts to create suspended realities it really doesn’t get much better than this. The excessive flamboyancy of his furniture, homespun advertising, exuberant colour palettes and excessive wood grain all feature in the image designs and sense of humour. Not to mention a nod to his mafia connections in the image and corresponding song, titled ‘Leave The Gun Take The Cannoli’."

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Stanley Kubrick: Set Design

"Stanley Kubrick had a wonderful way of employing design throughout his films. I see his approach as one that embraces an artificial quality, creating a considered and styled version of reality. He often mixes the familiar with the exotic, intensifying the intimacy in which the viewer experiences a scene. Several moments in his films left lasting effects on my understanding and appreciation for design in film and photography."

The Like Heaven In The Movies exhibition is being held at the Neon Parlour Gallery & Studios in Thornbury, Melbourne, but if you're not going to be lucky enough to catch this amazing body of work, don't fret because Biscotti is also heading out on tour.

So grab your tickets and get ready for an amazing experience!

BISCOTTI PRESENTS: LIKE HEAVEN IN THE MOVIES, AN EXHIBITION

NEON PARLOUR

791 High St, Thornbury

Wed - Fri 11 - 6 / Sat - Sun 11 - 5

Get Like Heaven in the Movies here, out now via LISTEN RECORDS.

'LIKE HEAVEN IN THE MOVIES' NATIONAL TOUR

FRI MARCH 3 - GARDEN OF UNEARTHLY DELIGHTS, ADELAIDE

SAT MARCH 4 - GRACE EMILY, ADELAIDE

SAT MARCH 18 - THE EASTERN, BALLARAT

THURS MARCH 23 - THE GASOMETER HOTEL, MELBOURNE

SAT MARCH 25 - THE BEARDED LADY, BRISBANE

FRI MARCH 31 - THE ODD FELLOW, FREMANTLE

SAT APRIL 1 - THE BIRD, PERTH

FRI APRIL 7 - POLYESTER RECORDS, MELBOURNE

SAT APRIL 22 - GOLDEN AGE CINEMA AND BAR, SYDNEY

Words by Lauren Payne

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